Colon Cancer - Genetech halts trial of drug
Genetech halts trial of drug
Seattle Times - Sep 28 12:53 AM
Genentech halted a clinical study yesterday after ovarian cancer patients suffered serious side effects. After the announcement, Genentech’s…
Side effect halts cancer drug trials
InsideBayArea - Sep 24 8:21 AM
CANCER SPECIALISTS warned Friday against wide use of one of the most promising and novel drugs, Avastin, after its maker stopped a study of it in ovarian cancer patients because many of them
Genentech Stops Enrolling Patients in Cancer Drug Trial
New York Times - Sep 23 10:20 PM
Genentech stopped enrolling women with advanced ovarian cancer in a trial testing another use for its Avastin drug after researchers noticed higher rates of gastrointestinal perforations.
Alan Bennett discusses his battle with cancer
The Advocate - Sep 27 4:51 PM
Gay playwright Alan Bennett ( The Madness of George III ) reveals in his upcoming biography that he had surgery and treatment for colon cancer in 1997. BBC News reports that Bennett writes in his upcoming memoir Telling Stories that surgeons removed a “rock-bun”sized tumor and that he kept it a secret because he did not “want to die in the pages of a newspaper.”
Doctor rides Armstrong’s Tour of Hope
Globe Online - Sep 27 10:29 PM
On Thursday, 24 cyclists led by Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong will embark on the cross-country Tour of Hope for cancer research.